As they did, thousands of union protesters stopped or slowed their marching and stood on the sidewalk, separated by a black, knee-high chain-link fence and a scattering of police officers facing the street.

Woods made only one mistake in the third round — taking two hacks with the wedge to escape knee-high grass around the 14th green — but more troubling was that he made only three birdies after giving himself so many chances inside 15 feet.